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9 Citations
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Multiple Deformation Mechanisms in Adiabatic Shear Bands of a Titanium Alloy during High Strain Rate Deformation

  • Xinran Guan,
  • Dongrong Liu,
  • Shoujiang Qu,
  • Guojian Cao,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Aihan Feng and
  • Daolun Chen

24 July 2024

The occurrence of adiabatic shear bands, as an instability phenomenon, is viewed as a precursor to failure caused by instability at high strain rates. Metastable β titanium alloys are extensively utilized due to their excellent mechanical proper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,994 Views
40 Pages

We use the method of the Lewis-Riesenfeld invariant to analyze the dynamical properties of the Mukhanov-Sasaki Hamiltonian and, following this approach, investigate whether we can obtain possible candidates for initial states in the context of inflat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,397 Views
12 Pages

24 December 2018

The mechanical and quantum properties of a nanomechanical resonator can be improved by connecting it to a superconducting resonator in a way that the resonator exhibits new phenomena that are possibly available to novel quantum technologies. The quan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,063 Views
6 Pages

25 September 2021

The dynamics of a low-energy charged particle in an axis-symmetric magnetic field is known to be a regular superposition of periodic—although possibly incommensurate—motions. The projection of the particle orbit along the two non-ignorable coordinate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,827 Views
48 Pages

7 December 2023

The current review work studies the adiabatic shear banding (ASB) mechanism in metals and alloys, focusing on its microstructural characteristics, dominant evolution mechanisms and final fracture. An ASB reflects a thermomechanical deformation instab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,207 Views
9 Pages

Highlighting Thermo-Elastic Effects in Confined Fluids

  • Eni Kume,
  • Patrick Baroni and
  • Laurence Noirez

20 July 2021

The recent identification of a finite shear elasticity in mesoscopic fluids has motivated the search of other solid-like properties of liquids. We present an innovative thermal approach of liquids. We identify a dynamic thermo-elastic mesoscopic beha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,176 Views
13 Pages

8 January 2021

Only very recently, rescaling time has been recognized as a way to achieve adiabatic dynamics in fast processes. The advantage of time-rescaling over other shortcuts to adiabaticity is that it does not depend on the eigenspectrum and eigenstates of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,169 Views
12 Pages

Transition of Sulphide Self-Heating from Stage A to Stage B

  • Sungjae Moon,
  • Frank Rosenblum,
  • Yuehua Tan,
  • Kristian E. Waters and
  • James A. Finch

17 December 2020

Previous work has shown that sulphide self-heating occurs in three distinct stages, referred to as Stage A, Stage B and Stage C. In this publication, the focus is the transition from Stage A to Stage B which occurs at ca. 100 °C. Background liter...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,182 Views
10 Pages

Numerical Method for the Design of Compact Adiabatic Devices with Multiple Parameter Variations

  • Tu-Lu Liang,
  • Xi Cheng,
  • Mei Yu,
  • Lingyan Zhang,
  • Jin Shi,
  • Gangxiong Wu,
  • Weiwei Rong and
  • Wei Shao

In this study, a numerical method for designing efficient adiabatic devices with multiple structural parameter variations (NAMSP) is developed. This method can be applied to a wide range of devices based on adiabatic mode evolution structures. The nu...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,529 Views
8 Pages

In this work, we have studied the elastocaloric effect in directionally solidified Co51.6V31.4Ga17 alloys with a strong [001] preferred orientation. The entropy change for thermal-induced martensitic transformation is determined as 19.6 J kg−1...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,719 Views
13 Pages

Elastocaloric Effect in Aged Single Crystals of Ni54Fe19Ga27 Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy

  • Elena Y. Panchenko,
  • Eleonora I. Yanushonite,
  • Anna S. Eftifeeva,
  • Aida B. Tokhmetova,
  • Irina D. Kurlevskaya,
  • Anton I. Tagiltsev,
  • Nikita S. Surikov,
  • Ekaterina E. Timofeeva and
  • Yuri I. Chumlyakov

22 August 2022

In the present study, the effect of γ′-phase dispersed particles on both the L21(B2)-10M/14M-L10 martensitic transformations and the elastocaloric effect in aged Ni54Fe19Ga27 single crystals oriented along the [001]-direction was investig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
14,961 Views
13 Pages

A Quantum Description of the Stern–Gerlach Experiment

  • Håkan Wennerström and
  • Per-Olof Westlund

25 April 2017

A detailed analysis of the classic Stern–Gerlach experiment is presented. An analytical simple solution is presented for the quantum description of the translational and spin dynamics of a silver atom in a magnetic field with a gradient along a singl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,608 Views
19 Pages

Gas and Dolomite Outbursts in Ore Mines—Analysis of the Phenomenon and the Energy Balance

  • Katarzyna Kozieł,
  • Norbert Skoczylas,
  • Krzysztof Soroko and
  • Sebastian Gola

10 June 2020

In this paper, we present the problem of gas and dolomite outbursts in copper mines. The energy balance of the phenomenon is analyzed. An examination of the porosity of the dolomites is performed; in addition, the content and pressure of the gas accu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
791 Views
15 Pages

13 October 2025

In this study, Ni37Co13Mn33.5+xTi16.5–x alloys with different particle sizes (75–150 μm, 50–75 μm, 0–50 μm) were successfully fabricated using spark plasma sintering under different processing conditions. By adjusting...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
233 Views
9 Pages

31 December 2025

This work addresses the challenge of realizing broadband, low-loss fiber-to-waveguide coupling in the short-wavelength near-infrared range (700–1050 nm), where the required fine structural dimensions and taper tips approach or even exceed curre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,081 Views
16 Pages

1 June 2023

Quantum squeezing, an intriguing phenomenon that amplifies the uncertainty of one variable while diminishing that of its conjugate, may be studied as a time-dependent process, with exact solutions frequently derived from frameworks grounded in adiaba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,254 Views
17 Pages

29 April 2021

Gas-induced geodynamic phenomena can occur during underground mining operations if the porous structure of the rock is filled with gas at high pressure. In such cases, the original compact rock structure disintegrates into grains of small dimensions,...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,438 Views
8 Pages

Simple and Low-Cost Footstep Energy-Recover Barocaloric Heating and Cooling Device

  • Javier Garcia-Ben,
  • Ignacio Delgado-Ferreiro,
  • Jorge Salgado-Beceiro and
  • Juan Manuel Bermudez-Garcia

10 October 2021

In this work, we design, build, and test one of the very first barocaloric devices. The here presented device can recover the energy generated by an individual’s footstep and transform it into barocaloric heating and/or cooling. Accordingly, we prese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
632 Views
15 Pages

Influence of Increased TaNbV on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Energy Release Characteristics of High-Entropy Alloy HfZrTi(TaNbV)x

  • Chong Chen,
  • Yusong Ma,
  • Manhui Wei,
  • Xiqiang Gai,
  • Yue Peng,
  • Yanqi Mei,
  • Xinglong Liu,
  • Kaichuang Zhang and
  • Jianbin Li

14 October 2025

In this study, we propose a novel energetic structural material, HfZrTi(TaNbV)x (x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, Ta:Nb: V = 1:1:1), to improve the ductility and toughness of the HfZrTi high-entropy alloy (HEAs). The transformation of the single-phase He...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,435 Views
19 Pages

Phase Transformation and Deformation Mechanisms of 304L Stainless Steel Under Tensile and Charpy Impact Testing at Varying Temperatures

  • Gang-Ho Lee,
  • Gwangjoo Jang,
  • Byoungkoo Kim,
  • Changyong Choi,
  • Hee-Sang Park,
  • Jong-Bae Jeon,
  • Changwoo Lee,
  • Sanghoon Noh and
  • Byung Jun Kim

15 April 2025

This study examines the mechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms of hot-forged 304L stainless steel for cryogenic applications such as LNG storage and low-temperature structural systems. Tensile testing revealed a significant strength increase...

  • Feature Paper
  • Essay
  • Open Access
42 Citations
34,664 Views
70 Pages

17 November 2017

Thermodynamics is a physical branch of science that governs the thermal behavior of dynamical systems from those as simple as refrigerators to those as complex as our expanding universe. The laws of thermodynamics involving conservation of energy and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,760 Views
18 Pages

Magnetocaloric Effect, Structure, Spinodal Decomposition and Phase Transformations Heusler Alloy Ni-Mn-In

  • D. D. Kuznetsov,
  • E. I. Kuznetsova,
  • A. V. Mashirov,
  • A. S. Loshachenko,
  • D. V. Danilov,
  • V. I. Mitsiuk,
  • A. S. Kuznetsov,
  • V. G. Shavrov,
  • V. V. Koledov and
  • P. Ari-Gur

16 April 2023

Ni46Mn41In13 (close to 2-1-1 system) Heusler alloy was studied by magnetization measurement dependence on the temperature in magnetic fields of up to 13.5 T. The magnetocaloric effect measured by the direct method in quasi-adiabatic conditions showed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,315 Views
13 Pages

Preparation and Characterization of Ni-Mn-Ga-Cu Shape Memory Alloy with Micron-Scale Pores

  • Kunyu Wang,
  • Zhiqiang Wang,
  • Yunlong Li,
  • Jie Zhu and
  • Zhiyi Ding

10 October 2024

Porous Ni-Mn-Ga shape memory alloys (SMAs) were prepared by powder metallurgy using NaCl as a pore-forming agent with an average pore size of 20–30 μm. The microstructure, phase transformation, superelasticity, and elastocaloric properties o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
444 Views
12 Pages

27 November 2025

Electromagnetic riveting (EMR) is a high-speed solid-state joining technique with growing relevance in aerospace manufacturing, particularly for titanium alloys such as Ti-6Al-4V. Although the mechanical behavior of EMR joints has been previously stu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,858 Views
25 Pages

25 April 2022

It is well known in quantum mechanics that the theory of quantum transitions is based on the convergence of the series of time-dependent perturbation theory. This series converges in atomic and nuclear physics. However, in molecular and chemical phys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,175 Views
15 Pages

23 February 2021

In this study, a numerical modelling of thermal radiation and turbulent thermogravitational convection in a large-scale chamber containing a thermally-generating element is conducted. The lower border of the cabinet is maintained under adiabatic cond...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,112 Views
23 Pages

24 May 2025

For investigating the effect of temperature and strain rate on martensitic transformation and establishing the corresponding kinetic model for newly TRIP (transformation-induced plasticity) aided duplex stainless steel (DSS), the tensile tests are co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
1,952 Views
14 Pages

10 September 2022

In this article, we present a mathematical model of thermoelastic skin tissue based on a refined Lord–Shulman heat conduction theory. A small thickness of skin tissue is considered to be one-dimensional with mechanical clamped surfaces. In addi...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,750 Views
6 Pages

Phenomenological Material Model for First-Order Electrocaloric Material

  • Sabrina Unmüßig,
  • David Bach,
  • Youri Nouchokgwe,
  • Emmanuel Defay and
  • Kilian Bartholomé

7 August 2023

Caloric cooling systems are potentially more efficient than systems based on vapour compression. Electrocaloric cooling systems use a phase transformation from the paraelectric to the ferroelectric state by applying or removing an electric field to p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,949 Views
18 Pages

Microstructure and Texture Evolution of a Dynamic Compressed Medium-Entropy CoCr0.4NiSi0.3 Alloy

  • Li Zhang,
  • Weiqiang Zhang,
  • Lijia Chen,
  • Feng Li,
  • Hui Zhao,
  • Xin Wang and
  • Ge Zhou

18 September 2023

Focal research has been conducted on medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) that exhibit a balanced combination of strength and plasticity. In this study, the microstructure, dynamic mechanical properties, and texture evolution of an as-cast medium-entropy CoC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,890 Views
17 Pages

1 September 2024

This study utilized high-resolution numerical simulation data from the WRF model to conduct a thermodynamic diagnosis of the process by which Typhoon “Maysak” transformed and merged with the Northeast Cold Vortex. The results indicated th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,227 Views
15 Pages

New Criteria to Characterize the Waste Heat Recovery

  • Michel Feidt,
  • Monica Costea,
  • Renaud Feidt,
  • Quentin Danel and
  • Christelle Périlhon

11 February 2020

Waste heat recovery is an actual goal. The best way to valorize waste heat is to use it directly with the appropriate level of temperature. If the temperature level is insufficient, many reverse machine configurations are available in order to obtain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,654 Views
14 Pages

Binderless, All-Lignin Briquette from Black Liquor Waste: Isolation, Purification, and Characterization

  • Yati Mardiyati,
  • Emia Yoseva Tarigan,
  • Pandji Prawisudha,
  • Silvia Mar’atus Shoimah,
  • Raden Reza Rizkiansyah and
  • Steven Steven

27 January 2021

Lignin isolated from black liquor waste was studied in this research to be utilized as binderless, all-lignin briquette, with a calorific value in the range of 5670–5876 kcal/kg. Isolation of lignin from black liquor was conducted using the aci...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,865 Views
15 Pages

Adiabatic Shear Banding in Nickel and Nickel-Based Superalloys: A Review

  • Russell A. Rowe,
  • Paul G. Allison,
  • Anthony N. Palazotto and
  • Keivan Davami

3 November 2022

This review paper discusses the formation and propagation of adiabatic shear bands in nickel-based superalloys. The formation of adiabatic shear bands (ASBs) is a unique dynamic phenomenon that typically precedes catastrophic, unpredicted failure in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,367 Views
17 Pages

11 March 2025

Generative diffusion models have achieved spectacular performance in many areas of machine learning and generative modeling. While the fundamental ideas behind these models come from non-equilibrium physics, variational inference, and stochastic calc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,867 Views
24 Pages

29 April 2025

Owing to potential inaccuracies in the current stress–strain curve used for constructing the Johnson–Cook (JC) constitutive model of amorphous alloys, the parameters of the JC constitutive equation were derived using Oxley’s cutting...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,381 Views
12 Pages

21 March 2019

We consider the dynamics of internal envelope solitons in a two-layer rotating fluid with a linearly varying bottom. It is shown that the most probable frequency of a carrier wave which constitutes the solitary wave is the frequency where the growth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,975 Views
15 Pages

High Strain Rate and Stress-State-Dependent Martensite Transformation in AISI 304 at Low Temperatures

  • Lara Vivian Fricke,
  • Gregory Gerstein,
  • Andreas Kotzbauer,
  • Bernd Breidenstein,
  • Sebastian Barton and
  • Hans Jürgen Maier

27 April 2022

Deformation-induced martensitic transformation as the basis of a hardening process is dependent, among others, on the stress state. In applications such as cryogenic cutting, where a hardened martensitic subsurface can be produced in metastable auste...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,018 Views
13 Pages

Shortcut-to-Adiabaticity-Like Techniques for Parameter Estimation in Quantum Metrology

  • Marina Cabedo-Olaya,
  • Juan Gonzalo Muga and
  • Sofía Martínez-Garaot

3 November 2020

Quantum metrology makes use of quantum mechanics to improve precision measurements and measurement sensitivities. It is usually formulated for time-independent Hamiltonians, but time-dependent Hamiltonians may offer advantages, such as a T4 time depe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,953 Views
21 Pages

The Impact of Heat Source and Temperature Gradient on Brinkman–Bènard Triple-Diffusive Magneto-Marangoni Convection in a Two-Layer System

  • Yellamma,
  • Manjunatha Narayanappa,
  • Ramalingam Udhayakumar,
  • Barakah Almarri,
  • Sumithra Ramakrishna and
  • Ahmed M. Elshenhab

3 March 2023

The effect of a heat source and temperature gradient on Brinkman–Bènard Triple-Diffusive magneto-Marangoni (BBTDMM) convection in a two-layer system is investigated. The two-layer system is horizontally infinite and is surrounded on all...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,017 Views
14 Pages

Some Real-Life Applications of a Newly Constructed Derivative Free Iterative Scheme

  • Ramandeep Behl,
  • M. Salimi,
  • M. Ferrara,
  • S. Sharifi and
  • Samaher Khalaf Alharbi

15 February 2019

In this study, we present a new higher-order scheme without memory for simple zeros which has two major advantages. The first one is that each member of our scheme is derivative free and the second one is that the present scheme is capable of produci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,051 Views
12 Pages

Time evolution operators of a strongly ionizing medium are calculated by a time-dependent unitary transformation (TDUT) method. The TDUT method has been employed in a quantum mechanical system composed of discrete states. This method is especially he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,878 Views
12 Pages

Heat Capacities of l-Histidine, l-Phenylalanine, l-Proline, l-Tryptophan and l-Tyrosine

  • Václav Pokorný,
  • Vojtěch Štejfa,
  • Jakub Havlín,
  • Květoslav Růžička and
  • Michal Fulem

15 July 2021

In an effort to establish reliable thermodynamic data for proteinogenic amino acids, heat capacities for l-histidine (CAS RN: 71-00-1), l-phenylalanine (CAS RN: 63-91-2), l-proline (CAS RN: 147-85-3), l-tryptophan (CAS RN: 73-22-3), and l-tyrosine (C...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,638 Views
26 Pages

Geometric Aspects of the Isentropic Liquid Dynamics and Vorticity Invariants

  • Alexander A. Balinsky,
  • Denis Blackmore,
  • Radosław Kycia and
  • Anatolij K. Prykarpatski

31 October 2020

We review a modern differential geometric description of fluid isentropic motion and features of it including diffeomorphism group structure, modelling the related dynamics, as well as its compatibility with the quasi-stationary thermodynamical const...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,745 Views
22 Pages

Convection Heat Transfer in 3D Wavy Direct Absorber Solar Collector Based on Two-Phase Nanofluid Approach

  • Ammar I. Alsabery,
  • Salma Parvin,
  • Mohammad Ghalambaz,
  • Ali J. Chamkha and
  • Ishak Hashim

17 October 2020

A numerical attempt of the two-phase (non-homogeneous) nanofluid approach towards the convection heat transfer within a 3D wavy direct absorber solar collector is reported. The solar collector is permeated by a water-Al2O3 nanofluid and contains a wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,561 Views
14 Pages

27 May 2021

Clean, more responsible energy production in gas turbine power plants is a challenge. Interestingly, various alternative sources could be found in agricultural locations with great potential of being transformed from agricultural waste to energy. Cor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,995 Views
10 Pages

27 November 2017

Solid-state refrigeration technology based on elastocaloric effects (eCEs) is attracting more and more attention from scientists and engineers. The response speed of the elastocaloric materials, which relates to the sensitivity to the strain rate and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,882 Views
22 Pages

Temperature Dependence of the Static and Dynamic Behaviour in a Quenching and Partitioning Processed Low-Si Steel

  • Florian Vercruysse,
  • Carola Celada-Casero,
  • Bernd M. Linke,
  • Patricia Verleysen and
  • Roumen H. Petrov

15 April 2020

Because of their excellent combination of strength and ductility, quenching and partitioning (Q & P) steels have a great chance of being added to the third generation of advanced high strength steels. The large ductility of Q & P steels arise...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,488 Views
22 Pages

4 January 2021

Gas turbine engines are highly intricate machines, and every component of them is closely associated with one another. In the traditional engine developing process, vast experiment tests are needed. To reduce unnecessary trials, a whole gas turbine e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,714 Views
26 Pages

9 February 2021

This paper proposes a critical review of the different aspects concerning magnetic refrigeration systems, and performs a detailed analysis of thermodynamic cycles, using mathematical models found in the literature. Langevin’s statistical mechanical t...

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